Time to clear that shed/garage/kitchen/bedroom? Contact Petersbed@aol.com with details and pics, whole bikes or components, I can post them here. Don’t forget to add how interested buyers can get in touch with you directly – not through me! Let me know if any item is no longer available. I’ll purge this page from time to time.
26/9/2023
#5172 A classic ’59 track racer for sale on eBay, fully restored, with ‘droopy dick’ stem, Brooks Sprinter saddle with saddle support, Chater-Lea inch-pitch transmission. The business!
20/5/2023
NO LONGER FOR SALE. Don is keeping his treasured machine for the time being.
A bike with a fully documented history – Don Green, Charlotteville CC, is selling the Carpenter bike #4922 he has had since new in 1956, raced on fixed at first then modified by Carpenter to current geared transmission. Wheels 27 x 1-1/4 Weinmann rims ,Pelissier hubs, Michelin World Tour tyres, Chater Lea chainset single. Handlebars Super Leggero made in Italy, GB Extension, Toe clips and straps Christophe. It was resprayed in 1976
20/5/2023 Ian Berry is offering his meticulously restored 23″ Carpenter #5146 Contact through the Carpenter Facebook group.
25/1/2023 Pete Davy is offering for sale his touring tandem #3860. Excellent working condition, documentation from ’60s restoration by Carpenter. See also Facebook group ‘Carpenter Classic Lightweight Cycles’.
1/8/2022 Mick Bradban offers his gorgeous bike for sale to a Carpenter enthusiast for £695.
Vintage 1947 Carpenter #4140, frame size 24″, re-enamelled at Bob Jacksons a few years ago.
Williams chainset, with Philips pedals, Brooks adjustable clips and Binda straps.
Brooks saddle on an aluminium seatpost.
Dunlop Special Lightwieght Stainless 27″ rims on early Bayliss-Wiley (large flange) hubs, with Panaracer 27 x 1 tyres.
GB brakes and levers.
Rare Constrictor lamp bracket.
Bluemels aluminium mudguards with original quick release fittings.
the original cranks, freewheel, steel seatpost and Brooks B17 saddle, plus a spare rear rim.
11/01/2022 Alexander von Tutschek is offering a stunning set of Carpenter decals, proper water slide rather than the usual vinyl. ‘Original varnish fix transfers are like wine. When you are young and skint any plonk will do…….but once accustomed to finer wine, its hard to go back’. Contact him directly on vontutschek@btinternet.com
Steve Broughton is selling #2621 a 1933 Super Clubman and the frame of a 1959 Olympic Pursuit
07768211822
Scott Hitchens is selling #4971 with its stunning chromed track frame. Here.
(Tim Kichenside)
#3060 est. 1936, wheels newer, many original parts, John Goldsmith 01983 528028
#4368 for sale on eBay 21/08/2017
Colin Cape “Carpenter Olympic” for sale in USA; email petersbed@aol.com if interested